We are fortunate to have the largest and most complete collection ofphotos of any of the major TG events, reflecting all of our past 20years!

Of course, we wish to continue the tradition for our 2017 event.

We're asking those who attended and took photos to please submit themfor our collection. The Call For Photos is open now and will remain openthrough the month of May.

Here are several ways you can submit the photos:

1. Re-visit your Attendee Information Portal. You will now see the"Upload Photos" option. Click on the button and select the photos onyour computer to upload. With most browsers you can upload multiplephotos in one action.

You can use a .zip, .tar, etc. file if you like, but it's not necessary.

3. FTP. If you wish to use this method, write in and we'll give you thelogin credentials.

4. Snailmail. You can send prints, a CD/DVD, a USB stick, or whatever.If you want to do this, write in, we'll send you the snailmail address.

As for size of the photos, the bigger the better, of course but thedefault size coming out of most digital cameras is fine. To be ofmeaningful size, they should be 500 pixels on the longer side atminimum.

If you don't know anything about pixels and .tar and .zip, don't worry,just send them in!

Photos taken with a phone are fine as long as they are clear and crispand of the minimum size above.

As for quality and adjustments, we have automated batches that normalizesize, brightness, and contrast.

Prior to placing the photos on line for the public to see, we allowthose who attended to review them. Everyone who attended has areasonable number of no-questions-asked "NO WAY" deletions for anyphotographs in which they appear.

Those who attended will also be able to recommend photos they like witha "Like" button, which indicates that they find the photo to beappealing and recommend it for the final DLV 2017 follow-up pages.

Here's the way all of this works.

As soon as we get the attendance reconciled, everyone who attended willreceive a link to the photo staging area. Those who attended will beable to review the photos as they come in and, as noted above, mark themfor deletion or recommend them for the final DLV 2017 pages.. . . . .

Now, as to when the photos will be on line for all to see ...

Here's the planned timing.

We'll keep the Call For Photos open through the months of April and May.We will keep the staging area open for review until June 30, after whichwe will start composing the final DLV 2017 follow-up pages. Target datefor roll-out of the pages will be in August of 2017, slightly earlierthan in most previous years.

Everyone can help move things along by following up on attendanceconfirmations promptly, when they come out, and getting the photos inASAP.

We have one last very large batch confirmed to be coming in via snailmail, ETA about a week, so we'll hold things open until that gets here.

If you have photos which you have not sent in, please do so. Easiest way is to go to your Attendee Information Portal and use the "Upload Photos" button. You can also attach to email. If you've misplaced your Attendee Information Portal link, just write in and request a re-send.